Ceiling Our Fate
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposed a one-year debt ceiling increase on Monday, calling the idea a “responsible, sensible” solution — but it’s unclear if he has the support of his own party to pass the divisive measure.
A new report from The Washington Post revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claimed income for two decades from a now-defunct real estate firm. This is the latest in a series of recent reports that call into question the justice's willingness to skirt ethical guidelines — including those around financial disclosure.
And in headlines: the death toll continues to rise as rival military groups fight for power in Sudan’s capital city of Khartoum, Writers Guild of America West members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, and the Love Is Blind Season 4 reunion is finally on Netflix after the live event didn’t air when promised.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, April 18th. I'm Josie Deffy Rice. |
| 0:09.6 | And I'm Trevelle Anderson and this is What A Day, where we have a great chiropractor |
| 0:14.6 | to recommend for some of the Coachella looks y'all pulled. |
| 0:17.6 | Oh man. And to think we still have another weekend of desert festival fashion ahead of us. |
| 0:24.0 | Stay hydrated and we will see you on the ground. |
| 0:30.9 | On today's show more than 185 people have been killed in Sudan as fighting between military rivals continues. |
| 0:38.0 | Plus, what really went down with the Love Is Blind season four reunion? |
| 0:43.0 | Which I have to admit I watched even though I didn't watch the season. |
| 0:47.5 | All the Twitter interests just got me involved. |
| 0:50.5 | It got you in. I love that. |
| 0:52.5 | But first, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's got a quote, |
| 0:56.0 | responsible, sensible solution regarding the country's debt ceiling. |
| 1:00.5 | On Monday, he delivered a speech from the New York Stock Exchange, |
| 1:04.0 | proposing a one-year debt ceiling increase alongside a set of spending cuts and policy changes. |
| 1:10.3 | As a quick refresher, the nation hit its 31.4 trillion dollar borrowing cap back in January. |
| 1:16.7 | And that forced the Treasury Department to employ a series of quote, |
| 1:20.4 | extraordinary measures to help ensure the government could continue paying its bills |
| 1:25.4 | without breaching the debt limit. |
| 1:27.3 | But those measures can't last forever and it's projected that the Treasury could run out of funds |
| 1:32.6 | before July. Which means Congress needs to either raise or suspend the debt limit. |
| 1:38.4 | But as we know, there is a split about how to address things. |
| 1:42.1 | You've got President Biden and the Democrats who want Congress to raise the debt ceiling with no |
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